Highfield Academy
Fordfield Road, Ford Estate, Sunderland, SR4 0DA
Local ranking11th of 79 primary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 26.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 57
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 446
- Boys
- 230 (52%)
- Girls
- 216 (48%)
- Capacity
- 420 (106% full)
- SEND
- 28.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.5%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 26.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,543/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.9%
- Asian Other: 5.5%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Other: 3.4%
- Asian Indian: 2.4%
- Black Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
79.9%
White British
5.5%
Asian Other
3.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144219
- UKPRN
- 10063987
- Establishment No.
- 3333
- Trust
- IRIS LEARNING TRUST